Current undergraduates, recent graduates, and career changers, and retirees are all eligible to apply. This $30,000 fellowship seeks to attract talented, committed individuals with backgrounds in the STEM fields - science, technology, engineering, and mathematics - into teaching in high-need Indiana middle and high schools. Students who major in the College of Agriculture with a strong science background may also be interested in this teaching program. This fellowship program offers:

$30,000 stipend

Master's degree from an excellent teacher education program at Purdue, University of Indianpolis, IUPUI, or Ball State University

3 years of ongoing mentoring as the candidate transitions to teaching

Lifelong membership in the prestigious national network of Woodrow Wilson Fellows who are intellectual leaders

Undergraduates may apply even though they may not graduate until December 2013 or May 2014.

Questions or for more information, contact:
Kathy Dietz
College of Education
Office of Graduate Studies
(765) 494-2345STEMGoesRural@purdue.edu

2. Dog Wizard Dog Training Position

The Dog Wizard in Chalotte, NC is hiring a full-time dog trainer. This position will be responsible for working board and trains, group class, one-on-one lessons with clients, teaching puppy preschool, and other small specialty group classes, which you do not need prior experience in these classes. The Charlotte locaation of the Dog Wizard is also the teaching facility for The Dog Wizard Franchisor, which trains human dog trainers to open their own Dog Wizard Franschise. So this position will also be an infuential role with their franschiees as they prepare to open their location, since the franshisees work closely with all of their Charlotte trainers. They have three other trainers at the Charlotte location, so this person must be comforable working with a team. Experience is a plus byt not required. This person must possess the following qualities:

Selt starter, honoest strong work ethic, positive and upbeat, team oriented, problem solver (not a problem identifier), strong desire to do things right, paqssionate about dogs, strong communication skills, efficient with a smart phone, and good people skills

Hours: 11 AM - 8 PM Tuesdays - Fridays and 9AM - 5 PM on Saturdays

Benefits: Company car, cell phone, and gas card; potential for advancement; salary will be determined by experience

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship seeks to increase communication skills in student scientists. From grant writing to interaction with their community, today's young scientists must also be able science communicators. The lessons they learn through the Fellowship experience will broaden their career paths and help them increase public understanding of science and technology. Advanced undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate science, engineering, and mathematics students are placed at media sites nationwide to work as science reporters for ten weeks. There is also a new Spanish Language Fellows Initiative AAAS wishes to focus on in addition to serve the growing Latino populations of the U.S.